User Manual

18 Working with Audio

You edit audio by using many of the same techniques and tools you use to edit video. Your Avid

editing application also provides several unique features that facilitate audio editing, such as

audio scrub, waveform displays, and tools for adjusting and mixing audio levels and pan between

speakers as well as the frequency ranges of segments.

Basic audio editing is described in the following topics:

• Overview of Audio Tools

• Working with Multichannel Audio Tracks

• Displaying Track Formats in Bins

• The Track Control Panel

• Using Audio Scrub

• Audio Displays in the Timeline

• Displaying Audio Formats in Bins

• Working with Surround Sound Audio

• Adjusting the Play Buffer Size for Audio (Software-only Models)

• Using the Audio Mixer Tool

• Rendering and Unrendering Order for Audio Effects

• Audio Volume Staging and an Audio Editing Workflow

• Using Clip Volume and Pan Mode

• Using Volume and Pan Automation

• Copying, Pasting and Moving Audio Keyframes

• Using Live Mix Mode

• Fading and Dipping Audio

• Adjusting Audio Clip Gain in the Timeline

• Audio Sample Rate Conversion

• Changing the Audio Sample Rate for Sequences and Audio Clips

• Mixing Down Audio Tracks